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Robe Ein Herz für Kinder (c) Manfred Voss

Ein Herz für Kinder Show ‘Hearts’ 100 Robe BMFLs

BERLIN, Germany – German lighting designer Manfred ‘Vossi’ Voss used 100 x Robe BMFL Spots to light the 2014 “Ein Herz für Kinder” (A Heart for Children) show, a high profile charity fund-raiser, produced by Schwartzkopff tv staged at the new and trendy Tempelhof airport, Berlin, and broadcast live on German national public services channel, ZDF.

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Peter Pan, Clark County School (c) Chelsea Gregory

Nevada School District Invests in the Future with ETC Ion

MIDDLETON, WI – School budgets are tight – like the way you tug your scarf on a windy January morning kind of tight – so most public schools cannot frequently upgrade technology, and when they do invest in classrooms, gyms or theaters, they have to make the right choice since they’ll be using it for years to come.

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GoVision Adds College Football to Its National Championship Portfolio

ARGYLE, TX – If it’s a major national sporting event, you just know GoVision will be there.

As college football fans flood into North Texas for the first-ever College Football Championship Game this weekend, they’ll be greeted by a world-class stadium, more Tex-Mex and BBQ than they can shake a stick at, and several massive video walls provided by Argyle, Texas-based GoVision. 

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VMB TE-046

VMB TE-046 Telescopic Lifter

VMB’s TE-046 joins the company’s telescopic series of lifters. Like the company’s popular TE-034 lifer, the TE-046 maintains a relatively compact form factor, but with expanded lifting capacity. The new TE-046 can lift a total of 150kg (330lb) to a height of 4.6m (15′).

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Slipknot (c) Todd Kaplan

New Clay Paky Stormy Fixtures and grandMA2 Join Slipknot Tour

LOS ANGELES, CA – Masked rockers Slipknot are making headlines with a fifth album release, the addition of new band members, their Knotfest concert series and the launch of the “Prepare for Hell” tour – and Clay Paky Stormys and a grandMA2 console are along for the wild ride.  A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky and MA products in North America.

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National Galerie Event, (c) PRG, Amanda Holmes

Clay Paky Supersharpy in Yuichiro Tamura’s Light Installation in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany – Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) has built a unique light installation at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin together with the famous Japanese artist and photographer Yuichiro Tamura. Tamura’s “Long Exposure of the Lonely Explorer” has been integrated into David Chipperfield’s  installation artwork “Sticks and Stones”, currently on display at the gallery.

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